Re: how to put cursor at X,Y

[Ron Thompson <thompsor@admin.tc.faa.gov>]

The brave Ada programmer is always hammered about the
apparent lack of screen handling capabilities in the
typical Ada environment.  A lot of money and you can't even
do this... etc.  You know what I mean.
I used to do the ansi.sys way.  It was excellent exercise
for the programmer to understand what exactly it takes to
control the NON graphics mode of the typical Intel pc screen.
Later, I started using the mapped array, with the first 
address being the starting address of the bios screen.
A word per address, with the bits defined as the standard
bios interface, whammmo, refresh rate screen handling that
is unsurpassed in the dos world.  Can't do it in winders,
winders MUST do all of that stuff for you I suppose.
But for the brave dos programmers, let me know and I will
help you build a sporty screen interface that is as fast as
the machine allows.

rct

The opinions above are mine and mine alone.